Craigslist suspect supporters organize on Facebook

BOSTON — Police have said it was the Internet that got him in trouble, but now supporters of the man who has been accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist are going online to rally around him. A new Facebook group called "Phil Markoff is Innocent Until Proven Guilty" describes itself as a forum to rally against the media and a culture "that has forgotten that people like Phil are suspects, not killers."

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WASHINGTON - They might keep you socially happy in the cyberspace, but in real life, social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook harm people's moral values, as they don't allow time for compassion or admiration, warn scientists.According to a study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind.

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SCOTTSDALE - To effectively counter the challenges of India's rapid growth, JDA Software has outlined five key strategies to help companies establish an efficient, flexible supply chain and successfully address the operational challenges facing the country's expanding market.

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The Top 10 'Inventions' that Changed the World

LONDON - Credit cards, trainer shoes, social networking sites, and GPS technology have made it to the list of things that have changed the world.

To mark the National Science and Engineering Week, a panel of 20 experts from the British Science Association have drawn up a list of the top 10 things that have changed the world, reports The Telegraph. Read the list in full below:

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WASHINGTON - There is no evidence to show that information technology eases environmental burdens, according to an ecologist.

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Internet Explorer 8 has chosen to go Mozilla way and bring out some add-ons to regain the lost market of IE. While we have been hunting down Mozila Firefox add-ons like anything, this time we thought of focussing a bit on our old mate and bring out the best possible. So here are 20 most popular and most useful Internet Explorer add-ons for various purposes.

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LONDON - If there's anything you want to know about the British monarchy, just go the website: that is the message of an online offensive launched by Queen Elizabeth II.

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WASHINGTON - China is unlikely to overtake India in outsourcing business anytime soon and it would take not one country but a lot of small ones to knock it off the top, according to a US expert.

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BANGKOK - Thailand's Culture Ministry is urging authorities to crack down on a rising trend of Thai students using the internet for prostitution, media reports said Sunday.

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LOS ANGELES - The photo of the Lupoe family on their now cancelled Facebook account showed the smiling faces of a happy American family. Their tidy new home in a Los Angeles suburb seemed like a poster for the American dream. But that dream lay in bloody tatters Wednesday following a suspected murder-suicide in which the father killed his five small children and his wife before turning the gun on himself.

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